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Every year, thousands of inmates escape from prisons around the world. Of these, most just walk away from minimum-security corrections facilities, but other inmates implement complex, ingenious, and often violent schemes in order to make their getaway. Whether the work of notorious outlaws, WWII G.I.s, or 18th century writers, the following are the top 10 [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Crime · Tagged Alcatraz Island, billy hayes, bobby storey, casanova, Civil Ware prinson, Crime, criminal, criminals, dieter dengler, escape, escape from alcatraz, escape tunnel, gerry kelly, jail, john dillinger, john gerard, Lake County Jail, Leads prison, LIbby Prison, maze prison, midnight express, Pascal Payet, prison, prison camp, prison escapes, robbery, Stalag Luft III, survive, The Great Escape, top 10 prison escapes, tower of london, turkish prison
In these times of natural disasters, man-made catastrophes and civil unrest, it’s a boon to hear of against-the-odds survival stories. Of course, many brave people overcome mental and physical illness everyday – but this list concentrates on the most weird and wonderful death-defying experiences in history.
10. Mike the Chicken
This bird proved that, yes, a chicken [...]
Posted by Katherine Watt on Friday, May 15, 2009 at 1:22 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, People · Tagged alexander selkirk, amazing survival, andes flight 571, attack, australia cattle dog, death, douglas mawson, headless chicken, joe simpson, john mccain, Juliane Koepcke, Life, paul templar, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, sophie tucker, survival, survive, wenseslao moguel
Every year thousands of people are reported missing. While most are found within hours, some disappear without a trace, never to be seen again. Here are some of the more famous and bizarre cases in history.
10. Louis Le Prince
Regarded by many as the true father of movies, Louis Le Prince was a French inventor who [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, March 13, 2009 at 2:53 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, History, People · Tagged ambrose bierce, amelia earhart, bermuda triangle, Bizarre, body, croatan, db cooper, death, disappearance, flight 19, ghost ship, jimmy hoffa, joseph force crater, lost colony, louis le prince, Mafia, mary celeste, mysteries, mysterious, mystery, percy fawcett, roanoke island, strange, survive, unexplained, unsolved
We all know about to how-to, DIY, books for dummies, whatever you want to call them, pieces of literature. Many have proven to be extremely helpful, such as those dealing with computer programming or doing something simple such as knowing how to prepare a great Italian dinner for your family.
With censorship out the window and [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 12:22 am
Filed under Bizarre, Humor, Literature · Tagged best friend, book, Books, censorship, cycle of life, death, dirty movie, Dogs, Dragon, dummies, freedom of speech, how to, Life, life and death, Literature, pee, pope, porno, pornography, real books, robot, Schizophrenic, speaking, survive, vatican, weird books